Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 37, 31 December 1943, Page 4

Local and General

No Paper Next Tuesday Owing to the interference of the New Year week-end and the statutory holiday including Monday, there will be no publication of the BEACON on Tuesday, January 4th. Next issue will be a week from to-day January 7th. Advertisers and subscribers are asked' to p J east note. Broken Glass Why the deliberate habit <■! throwing beer bo Sties on the highway is jiest made an <>l!'enee bard to umh'r.sland Ip. Ihe- •.!!«■;? iJiei '/ -'S le; he :s <-ss''".v:r;; m. r ;;o.."c;c.is, p;r-t;cu : a--iy e 1 i h ea'-s v, no eonliuu.ti y thfu' e.>r.p':\ i.; hui'.'es on to the r-'ad Ir'-V----spe.M.ive of where ihev are. e: what happens- Lo the broken u a h'h.: result is that all too ofion encounter thes,e (hmuer-t".v/hieh if .struck at any speed ;u ail ruay cause, a puncture which e.ui hf'vc dire consequunoes, quit?, apart from the menace to the tyre^.

Fruit Promises to be Plentiful Indications are that the fruit ha invest. from the Eastern Bay of, Plenty will indeed be. living up to the, title of the. district this year. Apple and pear orchards are heavily fruited, while the stone fruit to a lesser degree perhaps is also showing heavy crops. To-night's New Year's Eve Ball All arrangements, are' now complete in connection with. the. New Years Eve Ball to be- held in the Winter Show Hall this evening and tile event promises to be one of the, most outstanding of the year. The novel Hes are expected, to out-do • J -inyihir.g e. seen, in the town. This 'eainre- is due mainiy to the gener- | e '• ■ v of t he whe hi"- hies ft'-e-e" Lh:eea in h;.:L i- : U-'. iui. A . ?v'.vn:,:n. \U ge;u h ; ! -V .'■ 1 . Bert Sh;;"p "'i.e. ih.h). Mirers \V;e'rre •* u.>p :es. With regard io llie «'ate'.tict.'l that i lie Paper Mills Employees Committee had already donate-! • ! lo the. Jied Cross, Society the, '•» vvror.g—the corre-et figure be■:g £18 lis 2tl. We regret any mis"onceptlon which may have arisen as a result of. the published tlguie.

Tennis Tourney at Oliope Over tin; New Your week-eii-l a tennis tourney will lie run at Ohope, j in the interests of the Learn-to-swim pool. In the past this event lias been most popular and those who enjoy a good game in ideal surroundings, coupled with the desire to support a most worthy object are urged to enter. Plate Window Smashed Tlie poliee' are looking for the culprits who deliberately smashed the large plate glass window in front of the offices of the premises of the local Home Cluard headquarters, which was shattered on Christmas I*]ve. Two youths, were noticed by a number of persons in the vicinity. who state that having oomplet- ! eel their work they immediately made | off. A Clean Sheet A.s far a-s traffic offenders were concerned Whakatane: had a clean sheet over tlie past -week. No accidents were reported and, from the Traffic Inspector we learn that motorists 011 the whole wore much more amenable to the observance of the by-laws than in past years.. This does not mean that there, was less traffic, in actuality there was if anything an increase, but there was more orderliness and road courtesy than usual. Regularly in the past there has been an accident on the Oliope Mil l ,, but it is hoped this year to even eliminate this possibility.

Tpr Ken Jarre tt's Success) At a band contest promoted overseas with the N.Z. Division Ipr Ken Jarrett, oi' Wliakatanc, has. had singular .success. Against competition from the finest musicians in the military bands he securvd 3rd place in the cornet solo contest with 109}2 points out of a possible 125. The judges comments were "A good performance, tone at times slightly harsh, style slightly uncertain— keep vibrato in check. Points were articulation interpretation 23, style 22, tonejfc'2, execution 21.Ken has forwarded home the silver medal lie. had presented to him. Our wannest congratulations. The Ideal Meal The ideal meal from the nutritional point of view consists of bread, cheese, an apple, and a raw carrot or tomato Professor R. H. A. PJimmer, a London food scientist, has asserted. The idea that dehydration lessens or alters the values of foods is a fallacy, he says. A dozen fresh eggs have no more food value than a package, of dried eggs, and the water added to powdered milk makes the drink equal to fresh mi ilk in ''practically every respect."